Alfred The Great Wife Death

Ealhswith died 5 december 902 was the queen of wessex as the wife of alfred the great she was known to be a pious christian and a good wife to alfred with whom she had many children including aethelflaed edward the elder and aelfthryth of flanders.

Alfred the great wife death. At the time of her marriage alfred s brother aethelred was king and alfred was considered his heir. Alfred the great 848 9 26 october 899 was king of wessex from 871 to c. Ealhswith was married to alfred in 868. Ealhswith wife of king alfred the great.

The marriage was a political marriage that would help unite wessex and mercia who had been at odds with each other since king egbert. Ealhswith was a mercian princess who married alfred anglo saxon king of wessex. Ealhswith or ealswitha died 5 december 902 was the wife of king alfred the great her father was a mercian nobleman æthelred mucel ealdorman of the gaini which is thought to be an old mercian tribal group her mother was eadburh a member of the mercian royal family and according to the historian richard abels she was a descendant of king cenwulf of mercia. She was never called queen and she never witnessed any charters during alfred s administration.

Ealhswith wife of alfred the great. But she was the mother of illustrious children and she is remembered as the true and beloved lady of the. A daughter named aethelthryth or elfrida was born c. After ascending the throne alfred spent several years fighting viking invasions.

Marriage to alfred the great. Their last child was a son named aethelweard born c. Ealhswith was the daughter of the mercian ealdorman aethelred mucel and she was married to prince alfred of. She married count baldwin of flanders in 893 and was an ancestress of matilda of flanders who married william the conqueror.